Database Operations & Data Governance Analyst

Kirklees Metropolitan Council; Greater London; On-site; GBP 46,206 - 62,451; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

40 days annual leave including Bank H0

Flexible working

Generous pension plan

Job summary

London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and London Borough of Wandsworth is seeking a Database Administration and Data Management Analyst to own database platforms and data management processes. You will ensure secure, resilient, high-performing environments and support continuous improvement for data services that underpin essential local government functions.

You will work with Digital, Data & Technology teams to manage data quality, governance and protection, while enabling reporting and

Qualifications

• Proven experience in database administration within live production environments.
• Strong SQL Server expertise including writing, optimizing and troubleshooting queries.
• Experience transforming and consolidating data from multiple sources with governance.
• Ability to resolve complex data issues while balancing service continuity and compliance.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills across stakeholder levels.
• Qualification in data or database field, with SQL Server training or certification.

Responsibilities

• Own and support database platforms, ensuring performance, availability, resilience and security.
• Diagnose and resolve database and data-related incidents and performance issues.
• Manage backup, recovery, high-availability and DR processes.
• Support data migrations, loads, integrations and transformations.
• Apply and maintain data governance standards, controls and policies.
• Support data quality, metadata, structures and catalogues.
• Ensure environments comply with data protection, security and GDPR.
• Provide technical advice on database operations, resilience and service improvement.
• Support datasets used by reporting/analytics platforms, incl. Power BI.
• Identify opportunities for automation and continuous improvement.
• Produce and maintain technical documentation and procedures.
• Act as SME and share knowledge across the organisation.

Skills

SQL Server

Data governance

Data quality

Performance tuning

Stakeholder comms

GDPR compliance

Education

Data or database qualification

Tools

Power BI

Job description

London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and London Borough of Wandsworth is seeking a Database Administration and Data Management Analyst to own database platforms and data management processes. You will ensure secure, resilient, high-performing environments and support continuous improvement for data services that underpin essential local government functions.

You will work with Digital, Data & Technology teams to manage data quality, governance and protection, while enabling reporting and